Train
The Harriers offer several regular training sessions each week. Weekly training sessions occur:
- Saturday morning at Thetis Lake Park
- Tuesday at 5:00 PM at various locations
- Thursday mornings at various locations
- Thursday evenings at 6:30 PM at Tripp Station Park (near Monkey Tree Pub)
The club also offers special non-race events throughout the year, such as Hound Hikes, Wilderness Runs, and Holiday Runs. Club members meet up often in different locations across the region.
Visitors are welcome to attend any training session. Just drop by and let us know you’re new!
Some Harrier club members also offer training sessions and personalized coaching.
- Improve your running with small group training. Club member Shane Ruljancich coaches under the brand Perseverance Running. He offers a workout session every Thursday night at 5:30 pm at various centrally located venues. Workouts are mostly either on road or trail, but also sometimes on track or stairs. Contact Shane at [email protected].
- Summer of Malmo long run select Sundays (28, 32 or 40 kms long and very hilly runs)
- Temp Thursdays from Tripp Station Park near Monkey Tree Pub.
5:15 pm Tuesdays – Weekly after-work interval workout using various local roads, parks, and trails. Every week is different, and everyone is welcome. The faster runners will pick up slower runners on the final lap.
Meet at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre November through April, and at Mount Douglas, Beaver Lake or other locations May through September. Check the schedule for specific workouts.
8:00 am Saturdays – Saturday morning group trail runs take place every week throughout the year in Thetis Lake Park and Francis King Park. We meet at 8:00 am at the main Thetis Lake parking lot at the end of Six Mile Road from October through the end of April. For the warmer months of May through September, we meet at the small parking area at Prior Lake on Highland Road. 2025 Update: Like last year, due to popular demand, we will continue to meet at Prior Lake during October. Some may then drive to the end of Westoby Road to enjoy a different set of trails.
This is the classic Harriers weekly social run. All runners, dogs and walkers are welcome. You don’t have to be a club member, and there is no fee to participate. If you are unfamiliar with the park trails, this is a great way to learn the network. We sort into groups as numbers and paces warrant. No one gets left behind.
9:00 am Thursday – at various locations around Greater Victoria.
The group was started by Maurice Tarrant and initially attracted only about half a dozen runners, mostly retired friends of Maurice. It blossomed to a consistent core group of about 30 runners and walkers before withering during COVID. It has since bounced back to about 25. With most in their mid- to late-70s and some in their 80s, they’ve graduated to mainly walking, with only a few still running. Locations vary weekly, and there is usually a gathering in a restaurant or other venue afterwards.
The Harriers Youth Team is a year-round training and racing group based in Victoria, focusing on both track and field and cross country running.
The Team has about 25 members ranging from grade 8 to third-year university. This includes youth who are just starting to run to those who are competing at the national and international level. We compete here on the Island, but increasingly we have to look to races on the Mainland, other provinces or the US to get competitive races.
Threshold Thursdays offer a weekly group session to aid in building an aerobic base for mature athletes of all abilities looking to feel more comfortable running longer, stronger, with confidence. These structured 90-minute to two-hour runs use the Lochside regional trail north of McKenzie Ave. The quality middle portion is by time and effort, not distance or pace.
6:30 p.m. Thursdays – All year round. Starts by Tripp Station Park.
